by Hybrid Gojira » Fri May 22, 2015 2:48 am
Just watched this film for the first time in a long time.
It sucks.
My wife saw a few brief moments of it and used the word "Matrix" as a way of comparison.
Exactly.
That's why this movie is so bad - even insulting - because it was supposed to be an Anniversary film. Instead, we got loads of unnecessary (over the top) fighting, motorcycles, and one of the worst soundtracks for a Godzilla film. No amount of Don Frye's impeccable mustache can redeem this film, and it also has the absolute WORST "Ghidorah" of all time. Actually, most of the monster designs suck or are poorly realized (not all - Mothra is amazingly well done).
Now...there are some good ideas in this film. Paying homage to previous Toho movies and amalgamating some of their ideas works to a point, but there's too much going on to be a cohesive movie.
Oh...and the SPFX are wildly inconsistent. The wirework sucks, the props are lifeless, and the CGI is atrocious. GFW simply lacks the soul and charm that most Godzilla movies have because it's barely a Godzilla film to begin with, and it's sad that THIS pile of garbage is what Toho had as a send off for their prize character.